Volume 2 of Nutrition in Infancy offers precise and practical coverage of a wide range of topics supporting wellness in infants through the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, of malnutrition and of developmental and genetic abnormalities.

Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 2 is a very useful resource for all clinicians treating and preventing nutritional problems in infants. This volume covers a wide range of topics that support wellness in infants through the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, malnutrition, and developmental and genetic abnormalities. A variety of chapters deal with nutrients for infants with disabilities, surgery, and other special needs.

The sections in this volume discuss GI Tract Considerations, Formulas, probiotics, hormones and lipids in the health and disease of infants, and the growth and development of infants. In Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 2, a wide range of nutritional and food related therapies to prevent or ameliorate disease, growth retardation and promote health are outlined. The latest developments in diagnostic procedures and nutritional support are also included. Written by a group of international experts, this volume is an indispensable new reference for clinicians with an interest in the nutrition and health of pregnant mothers and their infants.

Useful resource for physicians treating and preventing nutritional problems in infants Special emphasis is provided for clinicians treating children in developing countries Includes the latest developments in diagnostic procedures and nutritional support

Autorentext

Ronald Ross Watson, PhD
Arizona Health Science Center, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Publish Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

George Grimble, PhD
Centre for Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University College London, London, UK

Victor R. Preedy, PhD, BSc, DSc, FSB, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC
Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK

Sherma Zibaldi, MD, PhD
Division of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Publish Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Klappentext
Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 2 is a very useful resource for all clinicians treating and preventing nutritional problems in infants. This volume covers a wide range of topics that support wellness in infants through the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, malnutrition, and developmental and genetic abnormalities. A variety of chapters deal with nutrients for infants with disabilities, surgery, and other special needs. The sections in this volume discuss GI Tract Considerations, Formulas, probiotics, hormones and lipids in the health and disease of infants, and the growth and development of infants. In Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 2, a wide range of nutritional and food related therapies to prevent or ameliorate disease, growth retardation and promote health are outlined. The latest developments in diagnostic procedures and nutritional support are also included. Written by a group of international experts, this volume is an indispensable new reference for clinicians with an interest in the nutrition and health of pregnant mothers and their infants.

Inhalt
Growth and Body Composition in Children with Chronic Disease.- Nutritional support in inborn errors of metabolism.- Ketogenic Diet as treatment option for infants with intractable epileptic syndrome.- Short Bowel Syndrome: Management and treatment.- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.- Nutritional support in Crohn's disease.- Nutritional requirements and support in liver disease.- Normal and aberrant craniofacial development and nutrition in infants.- Role of gangliosides in neurological development and the influence of dietary sources.- Dietary methods to treat acute gastroenteritis.- Celiac disease in infants: Prevention and dietary treatment.- The Nutritional aspects of intestinal failure therapy.- Hormone therapy to improve growth in infants with chronic kidney disease.- Nutrition of infants and HIV.- Undernutrition and hearing impairment.- Nutritional management of diabetes mellitus in Infants and children.- Nutritional Considerations for Infants and Children during Critical Illness and Surgery.- Parenteral nutrition in infants and children.- Home parenteral nutrition.- The role of colonic flora in infants.- Pro and prebiotics for the prevention and treatment of diseases in childhood.- Prebiotics and Probiotics on infant health and growth.- General area of lipid composition of diets to optimize growth and development of premature infants.- Dietary management of hypercholesterolemia in infants and children.- Adipose tissue, its hormones and infant development.- Role of fatty acids in the neurological development of infants.- Obesity in Infancy and Childhood: diagnosis, incidence and strategy for change.- Infant growth and adult obesity: relationship and factors affecting them.- Maternal behaviour and infant weight.